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Notylia—Sur Vorganisation florale d'un. HH. Baillon. (Bull. 
Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris, i. 1039-1040). 
Officinelle Alstremeriaceen, Agaven und Xyridaceen Brasiliens, 
Theodore Peekholt. (Pharm. Rund. x. 162). 
The various uses and medicinal qualities of the following 
Brazilian plants are noted: Bomarea salsilloides, B. spectabilis, 
Alstremeria cunha, A. monticola, A. caryophyllea, Agave Ameri- 
cana, Fourcroya gigantea, F. Cubensis, Xyris laxifolia, X. pallida, 
and Abolboda Brasiliensts. 
Oncidium Phalenopsis. Wm. Hugh Dower. (The Garden xli. 
492, with colored plate). 
Opizia—La Fleur femelle de. 4. Baillon. (Bull. Mens. Soc. 
Linn. Paris, i. 1037-1039). 
Oregon Weeds and How to Destroy Them—Some. Moses Craig. 
(Oregon Agric. Ex. St. Bull. No. 19, 1892). 
Illustrations are given of Sonchus oleracea, Madia sativa, 
Anthemis Cotula, Verbascum Thapsus, Gilia squarrosa, Cuicus 
arvensis, Pteris aquilina, Avena fatua, Erodium cicutarium, 
Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum, Cnicus lanceolatus, Arctium 
Lappa, Plantago lanceolata, Rumex crispus, Rumex Acetosella, 
Amarantus retroflexus, Chenopodium album, Bromus secalinus 
and Agropyrum repens. 
Oreopanax Sanderianum. H. Botting Hemsley. (Gard. Chron. 
xi. 718). 
The description of the Oreopanax spp. 19 and 20 of the 
Biologia Centrali- Americana Botany i. p. 575. 
Parmelia molliuscula, Ach.—The Fruiting of. Thomas A. Wil- 
liams. (Ann. Rep. of the Miss. Bot. Garden iii. May, 1892; 
pp- 169-170 t. 57). 
This lichen, heretofore reported as always sterile, has bee? 
found fruiting in the collections of Dr. Engelmann, collected in 
the Black Hills in 1856, by Dr. H. Engelmann. 
Peach Yellows—The Chemistry of. Erwin F. Smith. (Eres 
Am. Pom. Soc. for 1891, reprint), 
Phyllocactus crenatus. A. Reichard. (Gartenflora, t. 1347 ). 
Plants of the Pribilof Islands, Behring Sea. C. Hart Merriam. 
(Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. vii. 1 33-150). 
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